Jerusalem, the Jewish People's Capital

By: Gilead Sher, Ami Ayalon, Orni Petruschka

In recent weeks, the UK government has faced calls to follow the US lead and move the UK embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, including Conservative MP Michael Fabricant, who lamented "the bold decisive steps taken in Washington have not been repeated in London". This followed some on the Board of Deputies calling on then-President Jonathan Arkush to urge Britain to move its embassy, after he praised Donald Trump's decision to do so with the American one.